Strongest Onmyouji's Isekai Adventure ~ The Monsters are too weak compared to my Youkai Servant's~

Two days later.

With the prince and his escort carriage, me and Efa left Rodonea.

The Kingdom of Astilia is further away than the Lamplog territory.

It's going to be a pretty long journey.

Efa sitting next to me asks me worried.

"Seika-kun, are you okay? Don't you feel bad?

"Oh. I'm getting used to it."

Answer with a bitter smile.

If you've been on it many times, you're just fine. I'm still not comfortable with the ride though.

Efa still says.

"If you don't look like you can sleep again, okay? If anything happens, I'll wake you up."

"I will if I have to. But you're not asleep yet."

"Really?... Oh well... it's only your first day..."

"What?"

"Yeah."

Efa shakes her neck to the side and laughs small.

"Seika-kun, when we've been in the carriage together, you've been up all the time at the inn on the way, haven't you? I slept in the carriage when it was bright, and it was my fault."

"Uh... I was aware of that"

Regardless of the big city, inns like those in small towns and villages are mostly big rooms with miscellaneous fish sleeping.

Thanks to you, I can't even go to bed. Even more so if you have valuables or even a young woman.

So when I came out of the realm last year, I had to stay up all night in an inn on the way... nothing, that's not why I was up. If I want to do that degree, I can leave it all to Formula God.

I woke up at night because I just didn't want to be a wagon drunk and I wanted to sleep all day.

I was on it for seven days and I wasn't used to it till the end because of it.

"You don't have to worry. Because it was harder to stay awake in the carriage then."

"Yeah... thanks, Seika-kun"

Efa laughed and said.

It's a fact, but I guess there's no way this kid really cares.

That's why a lot of students like me in girls' dorms, I guess.

"But this time, you don't have to worry about the inn. That's all the escorts are out there, and I'm sure they've arranged it beforehand."

What a prince.

It could be camping because of the number of people, but it should still be a lot more comfortable than a country inn.

"I guess you wouldn't be able to go to another country on such good terms. Dragons vary."

"... a dragon. But it's amazing, I can't believe people and dragons live together."

Efa raises her gaze and says with pleasure.

"Like a dragon knight, can you ride on your back or something?

"Isn't the Dragon Knight a fairy tale? Efa, you like that... you can't do it in real life."

"Yeah, but we're actually getting along."

"No, it's not a matter of friendship..."

The same goes for demons, but it's hard to fly on a feathery one.

When I rode a demon too, I chose something that flew entirely with divine power only. Specifically, Mizuchi or something.

Not sure how to explain it, says Efa like he remembers.

"Speaking of which, before I left, Her Highness Cecilio asked me if I could get in the carriage with you."

"What!?

He said, "I want to talk to you about the dragon."

"Heh..."

That prince... don't I have a word to tell you about the dragon?

No, I get it. I guess the dragon is an Efa for an excuse. But if it's pre-built, why don't you go through the courtesy of me?

In the first place, in the present situation, if you're doing that?

I ask back as I draw my face back.

"So... so?

"Of course I said no. Saika-kun's squire."

And Efa says with a bitter laugh.

"You're in trouble, aren't you? I don't think you really want to welcome me back to the palace."

"No... for once, I think I was seriously asking you out"

"Really? If so, I'm just a little happy."

I said like Efa lit up a little.

The carriage moves on, holding a feeling of discoloration.

****

Nine days later.

In front of us, a city of purpose appeared surrounded by walls.

Protoasta, Old King's Capital of the Kingdom of Astilia.

A city that stands idyllic with mountains on its back and meadows all around it.

I also felt a little small for the split that it was once the king's capital, but it stands somewhere with a sense of majesty and history.

considerably ahead of the castle gate, and the carriage stopped.

"Duh, what's going on?

"Hmm... looks like the castle gate is jammed"

Face out the window, I answer.

Waiting to enter the castle was like a carriage of merchants. Maybe I got there when it got crowded.

But that's quite a number. It seems true that the streets of the Empire pass, and that it's a big city.

Lord Seika.

I can speak from outside the carriage.

When I saw it, the prince who got off his carriage was walking over here with a few escorts.

"I'm sorry. Looks like it'll only take a little while. Why don't we get some outside air while we still can?"

"Yeah. Let's do that."

I turn my face back and speak to Efa.

"Shall we go down?"

"Yeah, you are."

Efa got off the carriage first, and, um, made a stretch.

"Wow. Nice place."

and walk the meadows for fun.

You look better than me, but you'd just be tired in the carriage all the time.

Talk to the prince who was following Efa with his eyes near me.

"That's a nice place to feel"

The prince laughs all the time.

"It will be. I like it here, too. Most of all... it's not an idyllic place anymore. That's why I'm so busy getting into the castle."

"Is something wrong?

"Thank you. The merchants' horses seem frightened. Earlier..."

At that time.

I felt signs of mighty power all over my body.

Like slipping through the earth, a great shadow falls.

I looked up at the sky - I accidentally glanced.

"... that one"

It spread its wings gently and a giant monster was flying over it.

The silhouette is close to a feathered lizard.

But its presence is so close to that of a dragon.

That's the dragon.

I've seen it many times in the literature if it's a painting, but it's the first time I've seen a real thing.

Some of these are so powerful in this world.

"... will you not leave yet"

Next door the prince groans abominably.

When I noticed my gaze, I began to explain.

"It's like I've been flying around here for a while. I guess the merchant carriage is on guard because of his temporary arrival. That's also why the horses are scared. If this one doesn't do anything, he won't be attacked."

"I see..."

I certainly don't feel very hostile. It also seems true that you live with people.

I ask while I prepare. [M]

"That's a lot bigger. Literature said very few were that big."

Head to tail, generally more than ten lengths (* about thirty meters).

"Apparently, it is such a species. I hear it's called Greater Dragon."

"... Was it"

You know, I would have liked you to have said that in advance. I would have looked into it in more detail if I knew. Well, fine.

"By the way, you mean you're on guard for the carriage, are you okay? Our arrival has led to more carriages."

"Don't worry. I may have gotten a little irritated..."

and then.

A dragon, thought to fly away to the mountains, swirled its gigantic body over it.

Lower altitude and come to us.

"Um, I'm here."

"Hmm. You seem a little wary"

Says the prince without moving.

Seeing, the other escorts were flat. I guess it's the usual thing.

The dragon lowered its altitude even further and came close enough to see its ragged face and blackened scales.

And as it were, it flew right over us.

A gust of wind slams the front of the carriage and frightened horses lift their runaways.

Efa, who was a little far away, also had buttcakes on her as she said, wow, or something.

I say looking behind the dragon.

"The figure is huge, but what you're doing is no different than the crow protecting the nest"

"... Lord Seika is bold. Even the inflexible adventurer was screaming before he got used to it."

The prince said as somewhat surprised.

"But you're right. If we don't do anything like this, we'll leave in time."

The dragon flipped his body over again.

But slightly more advanced than earlier. The prince is right, maybe if I intimidate him again, he's going to go home.

Dragons looming again.

At that time.

Now from the ground, I felt a clear flow of power.

"- Come from a scorching land, [Ravatiger]"

The man's voice sounds.

And out of nowhere, a red and black beast suddenly appeared beyond his height.

Huge beasts leap high as they disease the meadows with heat waves scattered all around them. It strikes at the impending dragon.

Its claws and fangs do not reach to the slightly empty dragon.

But the dragon flew away toward the direction of the mountain once it had flapped its wings wide, as it had always done.

When the enemy runs away and sees the barking beast, I look away.

It looked like it should also be called a lava beast.

The skin that looked red and black was all armor made of minerals and lava. Only a rounded face, a supple body similar to that of a cat, and a pattern like the failure of stripes painted in red and black barely remind me of tigers. But his body was nearly three times that of an original tiger.

That's Larva Tiger... a monster that's supposed to live in a volcano.

"Not good."

I squeal.

The lava beast was still not thrilled to escape by the dragon.

He raised an angry roar, shivering his body - and now he was attacked by Efa, who stood alone away, as if clearing his depression.

Efa is limping with her eyes open.

There's no sign of escape, no sign of resistance.

I frown and mark with one hand. [M]

"The Phase of the Soil - The Art of Perforation"

A crowd of translucent columns blocked in front of the lava beast.

The flying Larva Tiger bites the pillar, but only the thickness of the giant tree-like doesn't even freak me out.

No... if you look closely, the surface appears to be dissolved with heat.

Quartz from Translucent should withstand the heat of lava... that armor looks like it's hotter than I thought.

Put the prince down and I'll move on.

I don't know what it is, but let's just turn that off because it's dangerous.

The lava beast noticed my signs and turned its eyes to this way.

Scorching legs kick the meadow and come at me.

The fangs were stripped.

At the same time, the moment I tried to release my technique from the invisible human rattle...

As if they had pulled the invisible reins, Ravatiger turned his body back.

"How are you... Damn, this guy's gonna blow right up"

Again, that man's voice sounds.

Looking at the source of his voice - a magician in a black robe was walking along with several surroundings. He wears a large hood softly and holds the book open with his right hand.

Is that... a magic book?

"Hey, grow up. That's a breach of contract."

The lava beast, though rampaging, appeared to be obstructed from moving.

Apparently, the magic that binds Larva Tiger is very much connected to that magic book.

"Ha. Enough, give back"

When the mage closed the book with Pathan, the lava beast turned into a particle of light and was sucked in between the pages.

I'm finally convinced.

The man is a Summoner.

A rear guard position that contracts with monsters and lets them call and fight at will.

I guess Larva Tiger was that man's summoner.

"Hey, it's dangerous. It's dangerous. Are you all right? His Royal Highness Prince Cecilio"

In a light-hearted tone, a summoner man walks over here.

"Zecto!! What are you trying to do?

In contrast, the prince distorted his expression and drank a drink.

"You knew there was no danger in the dragon! Why did you do that subpoena!? Your guests from the Empire were almost harmed!!

"That's right, Your Highness. I saved your life."

A man called Zect shrugs his shoulder.

"Can you tell me there's no danger? It was His Highness who called us. Death to the client. I'm in trouble. Instead, I hope you don't walk lightly outside the walls. And while His Highness was gone, things changed around here."

"Things have changed?

"Dragons have flown less frequently over the past few days. But instead, he seems quite concerned. There are a number of residents who were barked at the time they stepped down here. You know what I mean?

The said prince pushes silence.

What the fuck? This one.

"Your Highness, what about this one?

When I ask, the prince opens his mouth with his eyes on this one.

"Excuse me, Lord Seika. He's Zekt, the head of the Zekt mercenary regiment I called him. Zect, this is Seika Lamplog, the dragon's investigative envoy. He is also the son of the Imperial Count family. Don't be rude."

"Huh. Still a kid...... oops excuse me. Even though you are younger than your Highness, an investigative envoy means a great deal."

Ignore the man with the licked attitude and I speak of doubt. [M]

"Is it a mercenary regiment? Why the hell would you do that?"

When the prince sighs for a moment, he answers slightly bitterly.

"To crusade the dragon."

Yes?